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   What is mad cow disease?

   • (Photo Credit: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a neurological disease in cattle that gets worse over time. Instead of viruses or bacteria, it's caused by an infection from an abnormal version of a protein, called a prion.

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   What is mad cow disease (BSE)?

   • Mad cow disease or BSE is a disease cattle can get from infectious agents called prions. The human version, called vCJD, can spread when people eat beef contaminated with brain or spinal cord tissue from an infected cow, or if they receive blood from an infected person.

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   What does BSE mean in medical terms?

   • The word BSE is short but it stands for a disease with a long name, bovine spongiform encephalopathy. "Bovine" means that the disease affects cows, "spongiform" refers to the way the brain from a sick cow looks spongy under a microscope, and "encephalopathy" indicates that it is a disease of the brain. BSE is commonly called “mad cow disease.”

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   What is'mad cow disease'?

   • 'Mad cow disease': What is BSE? The first case of BSE in Scotland in a decade has been confirmed after a cow died. In total, there have been 16 cases in the UK in the past seven years - but that's a far cry from the thousands of cattle infected at the height of the BSE crisis back in the 1980s and 1990s.

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2. www.webmd.com › brain › mad-cow-disease-basicsMad Cow Disease: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments for vCJD - WebMD

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   Feb 6, 2024 · Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a neurological disease in cattle that gets worse over time. Instead of viruses or bacteria, it's caused by an infection...

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   May 10, 2024 · Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal brain disease in cows that is caused by a prion. BSE caused a major outbreak in the 1980-90s, with cases reported in at least 24 countries. Most cases occurred in the United Kingdom, but many other countries also reported cases.

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   Jul 23, 2020 · BSE is commonly called “mad cow disease.” What is BSE? BSE is a progressive neurologic disease of cows. Progressive means that it gets worse over time.

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   Oct 18, 2018 · What does BSE mean? It's an acronym for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and is sometimes known as mad cow disease. That's because the symptoms usually include aggression and a lack of...

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   Mar 7, 2024 · Read an overview of mad cow disease (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) in humans including its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

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   What is mad cow disease? Mad cow disease is a progressive, fatal neurological disorder of cattle resulting from infection by a prion. It appears to be caused by contaminated cattle feed that contains the prion agent.

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   Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. Later in the course of the disease, the cow becomes unable to function normally.